Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-03

LOCALS
Roth Bros. built a wagon-shed this
week.
We are to have daily stage from
Crow Lake hereafter.
The largest variety of hats in town
ut Roth Bros. 218t1
The missionary society met with
Mrs. Jordan yesterday.
The Huronite announced it's sew.
enth volume last week.
-Rolla Tecumseh Cady drove the
Grow Lake stage last Wednesday.
A new correspondent this week
from Media. Come every week ***.
&C. f. Hackett purchased an Indian
bow and some arrows, to send to a little
Iowa friend.
We enjoyed an excellent dish of ice
cream at A. B. Casters hotel yesterday,
Tor which our hearty thanks are due.
E. H. Ford and family spent DECOR
alton day in town. Enos II. continues
barbering in the most approved style.
-Children's Day will be observed at
the church on June 18th. Come and
Spend happy hour with the children,
birds and flowers.
Miss Bryan, teacher in the gram
1ner department of the Woonsocket
public school, spent decoration day in
washington Springs.
Carl Roth, a younger brother of our
popular firm of Roth Bros arrived last
tuesday and expects to spend some
time in Washington Springs.
REV. Chas. Vessey will preach next
Sunday morning at the M. E. church
and Jesse Morse of Viola is expected
to fill the pulpit in the evening.
We had the pleasure of meeting
BRO. Kelley of the Woonsocket News,
,ast Monday. He and his wife were in
attendance at the memorial services.
The Murray troupe Of railroad star
performers are coming home soon. We
will have hearty welcome for the
p5ys (and girls tool, but why don't they
bring railroad with them?
Mrs. Louis Sloman and son of Chi
cago are visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Riehard L. Dalton, of Blaine twp.
Mrs. S. is favorably struck with Dakota
and says it is a wonderful country.
DO not be deluded into buying So
called --latest styles goods, that have
been on the shelves for months, but
call on Grissell & Strub and get the
latest and most seasonable styles out.
They carry no old goods. 211tf
Rev. Murray carried our G. A. r.
Post by storm, and captured every vet
eran heart. His speech was greeted
with both cheers and tears by the brave
sboys", whose memories were refreshed
by his tender and stirring words.
Ed. Smith bored with test-augur
for water, Monday, near his building,
striking it IA feet below the sur
face. 1t good water can be obtained
at such depth, there is no good reason
why we should walk forty rods to scoop
water from the creek.
The initial number Of the Dakota
Immigration Journal is at hand and
is all and more than it promised to be.
1t is well worth the price go cents per
Year, and should be used by land as
sociations and agents to advertise the
beauties and advantages of our wonder
land.
JOHNNY Gems started to Minneapolis
last Wednesday. Mrs. Hall accompa-
MED him to the train at Alpena. She
has been a mother to him since he was
q babe a few days old, and will
miss him sadly. Johnny expects to
work in the machine shops, and we
join his many friends here IN wishing
him success in his new venture.
We are all getting mad at Apple
gate, the furniture man of Mitchell,
because he persists in spelling his name
with small "a" and thereby decoys us
into reading his half column locals in
the Mitchell Republican, under the i'm
preston that we're reading a bona-tide
romance or capital joke about some
Of the Mitchell folks. 1t isn't fair,
"applegate".
'-"Home and School, is new educa-
tional monthly, edited by A. Sheridan
Jones, ex-territorial superintendent OF
schools. The first number contains a
synopsis of the new school laws which
makes it almost worth the price for one
year. An examination of its contents
proves it to be full Of excellent helps,
and most assuredly every teacher
should subscribe for it.
Our citizens were honored with a
visit from some Of their dusky "cous.,
ms" this week. The "boys" entertained
them royalty and they went away hap